Calling All Kids #19

Mayor Paddy Penguin gets swept up in a marble-shooting challenge against Animal Town's reigning champion—but when a lucky marble goes missing during the contest, our well-meaning penguin mayor launches an increasingly chaotic search through town that leads him on a wild detour to the ocean and beyond. Between haystack needles, runaway water trucks, and unexpected visitors, Paddy's determined hunt for that marble turns into anything but a straight shot back to the ring.

Twinkle helps his new friend Pixie scheme to play a trick on the lambs by conjuring up snow in springtime, but the prank takes an unexpected turn when the tricksters themselves become the targets of someone else's mischief. In this five-page tale from 1948, the clever star learns that playing tricks can be fun—until the joke circles back around.

Marco Polar Bear and Bobby Beaver head to the county fair with hopes of winning a prize—first for Daisy, a flower they think deserves recognition, and then for themselves when that doesn't pan out. As they try their luck at various fair attractions, their attempts at winning keep running spectacularly awry, with the help of a bull with a ring in his nose who stirs up plenty of mayhem. It's a hilarious romp through the fairgrounds that proves winning isn't everything when you're having this much chaotic fun.

Monkey Business finds a terrible tiger terrorizing the jungle until a clever group of monkeys devise a plan to deal with him. When the tiger's ferocity meets its match, the primates prove that brains can outshine brawn in settling jungle disputes.

Pop and Junior tackle a supermarket shopping trip for Mom, but navigating the self-service store turns into quite the adventure when they search the aisles for the right items and encounter some unexpected trouble along the way. This charming 1948 tale captures the humor of two well-meaning shoppers learning that a trip to the market is anything but routine.

When Pug and Curly hear that digging is fun, they decide to join Gus Gopher in his excavation—only to discover that the work is far harder than they expected, and that an underground coal mine comes with its own surprises. As the two squirrels tunnel deeper and navigate unexpected obstacles, they learn what "digging for fun" really means.